Portrait of a Sculptor

Jean-Baptiste Santerre · c. 1705

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Bistre
78% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.1:1

Sepia
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.9:1

Taupe
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1

Raw umber
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Tan
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Mushroom
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Santerre
Date: c. 1705
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 81.3 × 65.4 cm (32 × 25 3/4 in.); Framed: 108 × 91.5 × 10.2 cm (42 1/2 × 36 × 4 in.)
Place: France
Period: 17th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 23, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Max and Leola Epstein Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Sculptor

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